12-letter words containing t, a, o, u
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- housemasters — Plural form of housemaster.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humanization — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humboldt bay — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in NW California.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- hyposulphate — a salt derived from hyposulphuric acid
- hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- illaqueation — the act of ensnaring
- illumination — an act or instance of illuminating.
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- illuminatory — Increasing informative qualities; explanatory.
- illustration — something that illustrates, as a picture in a book or magazine.
- illustrators — Plural form of illustrator.
- illustratory — Serving to illustrate.
- immunisation — (British, immunology) alternative spelling of immunization.
- immunization — the fact or process of becoming immune, as against a disease.
- import quota — the maximum amount of a product that can be imported into a country within a given period of time
- in statu quo — in the state in which (anything was or is).
- in-and-outer — a person who is by turns in and out of a particular situation, condition, venture, investment, etc.
- inaniloquent — Tending to speak inanely; loquacious; garrulous.
- inauguration — an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- incautiously — In an incautious manner; with a lack of caution.
- incommutable — not exchangeable.
- incommutably — In an incommutable manner.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incomputably — In an incomputable way.
- inconfutable — (obsolete) Not confutable.
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- infatuations — Plural form of infatuation.
- infibulation — the stitching together of the vulva, often after a clitoridectomy, leaving a small opening for the passage of urine and menstrual blood.
- infraduction — (medicine) The turning downward of a part, especially of the eye.
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- ink fountain — the part of a printing press that stores ink and feeds it to the rollers.
- inoccupation — a lack of occupation
- inoculations — the act or process of inoculating.
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inosculating — Present participle of inosculate.